Apparatus for dispensing beer or other liquids.



N0. 784,994. PATENTED MAIL 14, 1905.

V. E. J. DURAFORT.

APPARATUS FOR-DISPENSING BEER OR OTHER LIQUIDS.

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Patented March 14, 1905.

VICTOR ERNEST JULES DURAFORT, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING BEER OR OTHER LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,994, dated March14, 1905.

Application filed Novembe: 10, 1902. Serial No. 130,799-

10 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VICTOR ERNEST JULEs DURAFORT, engineer. a citizen ofthe French Republic, residing at Paris, Department of Seine, France,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forDispensing Beer or other Liquids, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple device intendedmore especially for use by retailers and private consumers of beer andother liquids in dispensing directly from a barrel or the like beer orother liquids under pressure.

It is well known that beer keeps in a much better condition if it bekept in a barrelor like container and subjected to the pressure ofcarbonic-acid gas introduced into the barrel or the like each timeliquor is drawn as therefrom. Without this introduction of gas everybarrel or the like from which liquor is drawn off loses under the actionof the air its Small retailers and private consumers have hitherto hadto content themselves with bottled liquor, which is more costly withoutpossessing the same taste as liquor drawn from barrels or the like.

The present invention consists of an apparatus by means of whichliquefied carbonicacid gas can be used in small liquor establishmentsand for drawing off the liquor under the same conditions as those whichexist in large establishments.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the apparatusapplied to a small cask; Fig. 2, the container of liquefiedcarbonic-acid gas.

The apparatus consists of a conical hollow plug or spigot a, to the sideof which is attached avessel b, the top part of which is provided with ascrew-cap 0, containing an automatic pressure-reducing piston (Z. Thecontainer e of the liquefied carbonic-acid gas is placed in this vessel6. The conical hollow plug or spigot a is provided internally with acentral tube m, carrying at its upper end a discharge-tap j, which maybe kept in its closed position by means of a stirrup and padlock g.'

The tube 72?, which passes through the said r of liquefied gas.

spigot-plug, is kept in position by means of a screw-clip la, embracingthe said tube and attached to the vessel 6, inclosing the container Thesaid tube is further secured to the spigot by means ofa thumb-nut k,forming the gland of a stufling-box, which insures a tight joint betweenthe said tube on and spigot a. A pressure-gage j may, if desired, beused in conjunction with the apparatus, and said gage is shown asconnected with the vessel 6 by a tube 5.

To place the apparatus in position, the screw-clamp and thumb-nut h 70,respectively, between the central tube and the container of liquefiedgas are manipulated to release the central tube an and the latter drawnout until its lower end is level with the lower end of the spigot 60.The container of liquefied gas 0, with its opener a, is placed in theaforesaid vessel therefor, and the cap 0 is screwed on the top of thesaid vessel, care being taken that the aforesaid pressure-reducingpiston (Z, which bears on a diaphragm of rubber o, is in proper positionover the gas-container opener, so that the valve of the gas-containercan be opened by pressing on the piston d. The cap 0 of the vessel isscrewed in tightly, and the spigot is driven into the bung-hole of thebarrel or through one of the ends, according to whether the barrel isplaced on its side or on its end. To facilitate driving and fixing thespigot into thebung-hole, there is provided on the plug a bossq forreceiving the blows from a mallet. The central tube m is then pushedthrough the spigot and fixed in position by tightening the thumb-nut in,forming the gland of the stufiEing-box, as hereinbefore stated.

If theliquor be at first largely laden with gas, it is not at firstnecessary to create a pressure inside the barrel, and the liquor isdrawn ofi until it is deemed advisable to supply gas to the barrel,which is easily shown by the condition of the froth. it is then onlynecessary to press on the button, which acting on the reducing-piston clpushes the opener a, which opens the discharge-valve of the container ofliquefied gas, so that the desired quantity of gas passes into thebarrel. Every time beer is drawn 01f gas is injected, and so on, untilthe contents of the barrel are sufliciently drawn ofl.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of thisinvention and in What manner the same may be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- An apparatus for dispensing beer and other liquidscomprising a spigot, a thumb-nut carried thereby and forming astuffing-box, a tube passing through and held in proper position withrelation to the spigot by the thumbnut, a liquefied-gas containercommunicating with the spigot at one side of the tube, a screwclipcarried by said container and engaging the tube to hold the latteragainst yielding, a discharge-tap carried by the upper end of the tube,and a pressure-reducing piston carried by the said container.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

VICTOR ERNEST JULES DURAFORT.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS vE. INGRAM, EMILE KLo'rz.

